Barcelona, Spain Barcelona, Spain

From our trip to Cadaqués, the return route to Barcelona took us a dif­fer­ent way. Up at 7am, checked out by 8am, with break­fast wrapped in nap­kins, the hotel direc­tor dropped us at the bus sta­tion in his jeep. Adiós. On the Sarfa bus we went up and around the moun­tain roads again, bus swaying […]

Cadaqués, Spain Cadaqués, Spain

From Brighton Sta­tion and the usual decrepit First Cap­i­tal Con­nect trains, then Gatwick Air­port and pro­fi­cient Easy­Jet flight to Barcelona, then taxi to Esta­cio del Nord, and a 2h45 Sarfa bus north, through wind­ing pyre­nean roads, down to the coastal town of Cadaques.

Brighton parade and Beachy Head Brighton parade and Beachy Head

With mum vis­it­ing for the week­end, it was another excuse to explore Brighton’s lanes and this week­end only, watch the pride parade as it passed through the town cen­tre. Then on Sun­day we trav­elled East to see the cliffs at Beachy Head.

Bedroom Farce and Inception Bedroom Farce and Inception

Amongst our search for a house to pur­chase, in Brighton or Hay­wards Heath, we’ve been out a cou­ple of nights this week to relax. Firstly, at last, to see the new Chris Nolan movie, “Incep­tion” at the old school Dukes of York cin­ema in Brighton. And sec­ondly, to Brighton’s The­atre Royal for Alan Ayckbourn’s “Bedroom […]

Sushi Sunday Sushi Sunday

Sam and I have been mean­ing to make our own sushi since my birth­day, but what with get­ting mar­ried, hol­i­day­ing and Sam’s stud­ies, we hadn’t found the time. We had all the ingre­di­ents ready; sushi rice, sushi vine­gar, the bam­boo rolling mat, a ten pack of nori and some­thing tasty for the middle.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue The Prisoner of Second Avenue

After a scrump­tious Jamaican burger (mango and gin­ger rel­ish included) from the Gourmet Burger Kitchen near Covent Gar­den, Jo, Jo’s Aunt and Uncle, Sam and I headed to the Vaude­ville the­atre for the recently opened, “Pris­oner of Sec­ond Avenue”.

Honeymoon part 1: Phuket, Thailand Honeymoon part 1: Phuket, Thailand

After an overnight stay at the Heathrow IBIS, a bus to the ter­mi­nal, check-in and an EAT steak sand­wich, we were on our Thai Air­ways flight to Bangkok. The loca­tion of our hon­ey­moon was kept a tight lipped secret until the last moments; Sam believed we were headed for Japan.

Honeymoon part 2: Chiang Mai, Thailand Honeymoon part 2: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Part one of our hol­i­day was over, we checked out, returned the rental and took an Air Asia flight north, to Chi­ang Mai. With a com­pli­men­tary air­port trans­fer we arrived at Rimp­ing Vil­lage, our next port of call. Unlike the pre­vi­ous resorts, this was a small, per­sonal and homely place — all rooms over­look the pool, […]

Honeymoon epilogue: The journey home Honeymoon epilogue: The journey home

Our jour­ney home started with­out a hitch, up at 5:15am, packed, checked out and whisked to Chi­ang Mai air­port via our trans­fer. After hang­ing around amongst thou­sands of mos­qui­tos wait­ing for the check-in desk to open, we deposited our lug­gage and ate our packed break­fast — hearty tuna sand­wiches. In the lounge we rem­i­nisced about […]

Prague & Dresden Prague & Dresden

I’m cur­rently sit­ting on a train, trav­el­ling from Prague through to Berlin, we’re get­ting off at Dres­den for a day trip. It takes about two hours. The rolling green scenery and river Vltava are going past, bask­ing in glo­ri­ous sun­shine. A group of sleepy Amer­i­cans sur­round us. Wak­ing at 3:45am and fly­ing from Lon­don Gatwick at […]